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Adjustments coming to WQKT flip?

Currently the HD 2 is on and it’s rebroadcast 960 WKVX Classic hits which is pretty cool should have been done years ago but it’s gonna be short lived and the 102.9 frequency is a cp from the 102.7 that is about 2 miles down the road it’s getting a substantial power increase and looks as if one religious outfit is leasing to another…. 102.9 I’m getting is Y103 outa Youngstown so say bye bye to that.
 
So much for "We're going to keep the programing just as it is on WKVX". Anyways, unless they upgrade the facilities not many are going to hear them. When I lived in Medina county could hear them pretty good and the same when I moved to Akron but over the years the signal just kept getting worse, now I can't even get it at all. But if they're going to rebroadcast on an FM frequency, don't think they'll be dumping money into the AM unless it's for a new satellite dish to bring in the non-local stuff.
 
Yabadabado1 said:
So much for "We're going to keep the programing just as it is on WKVX". Anyways, unless they upgrade the facilities not many are going to hear them. When I lived in Medina county could hear them pretty good and the same when I moved to Akron but over the years the signal just kept getting worse, now I can't even get it at all. But if they're going to rebroadcast on an FM frequency, don't think they'll be dumping money into the AM unless it's for a new satellite dish to bring in the non-local stuff.
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I have noticed some pretty significant deterioration in many local AM signals over the years. Possibly because maintenance has been cut back, ground system not replaced, more interference, any number of things. 1220 used to be rock solid day and night (North Olmsted) and now the nightime signal is almost unlistenable. The 5K nights are worse than ever. I literally can not get 1260, 1300 or 1420 at night any longer with any listenable signal. I guess that it is just deathwatch for these AMs as their signals slowly diminish.
 
I’m shocked IHeart didn’t buy WQKT for there Akron canton country station remember one time it was to be the WKDD replacement.
 
MarkW said:
The signal of the translator at 99.7 is lousy. 106.9 would provide regional coverage.

I'm not saying such a move WILL happen; I'm only suggesting such a move would not surprise me.
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It would for me, because WRQK is one of the higher-rated stations in the Canton market. Why mess with success?

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If iHeart really wanted to promote the country format on 99.9, it'd likely go to 101.7 and would have happened already.
 
radiofollower said:
I have noticed some pretty significant deterioration in many local AM signals over the years. Possibly because maintenance has been cut back, ground system not replaced, more interference, any number of things. 1220 used to be rock solid day and night (North Olmsted) and now the nightime signal is almost unlistenable. The 5K nights are worse than ever. I literally can not get 1260, 1300 or 1420 at night any longer with any listenable signal. I guess that it is just deathwatch for these AMs as their signals slowly diminish.
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1260 is getting transmitter site grounding system work done. 1300 got a new transmitter last year and did some repairs to their antenna system.

1220 is amazing how bad their signal is - not to mention they can't modulate worth a damn. A 50 kilowatt AM should be MUCH MUCH louder on the dial (think 850 or 1100)

Also, 1300 doesn't have a good signal towards the west and North Olmsted looks to be in a null. They dump the bulk of the pattern to the north east, up into Mentor. This thing has a crazy loud signal over the eastern part of the metro.

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RadioFixerCLE said:
1220 is amazing how bad their signal is - not to mention they can't modulate worth a damn. A 50 kilowatt AM should be MUCH MUCH louder on the dial (think 850 or 1100)
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An assisted living facility was built a few years ago right next to the old WGAR/WKNR studios as Salem has been incrementally selling off the transmitter land. And given how much trouble Salem is in financially, it would not surprise me to see 1220 move from Broadview Heights soon than later.

The signal is so bad directionally to protect 1220 in Mexico City and was barely audible at night in Lorain County even back in the WKNR days.
 
MarkW said:
The signal of the translator at 99.7 is lousy. 106.9 would provide regional coverage.

I'm not saying such a move WILL happen; I'm only suggesting such a move would not surprise me.

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Really? Theyre gonna dump the #2 station? The highest rated country outlet is an HD sub channel. Theyd be stupid to dump the highest rated rock station in the market
 
There's only so much ad dollars to be had in Canton. iHM tried for years to market Rock 106.9 to Akron to no avail. It earns very crappy ratings in Akron.

The HD2 signal you mentioned is actually the 99.7 translator.

Akron's WQMX likely pulls strong shares in Canton, but because they're a non-subscriber, we cannot see that.
 
Back in the stone ages, when I lived in Florida, the only NE Ohio station I could pick up pretty decent was WWWE now [or I should say once again,] WTAM. The other 50,000 watt--ers, nary a sign of and I don't remember if it was because of local stations being nearby the frequency or if it was Cuban stations jamming the frequency. Being halfway down on the Gulf coast it was fairly easy to pick up WWL out of New Orleans & WBAP out of Texas and what I assumed were a few Mexican stations. I'm sure there were others but I can't remember the call letters. I'd sorta like to go back now and see what I can pick up DX--ing and I'd bet it'd be very few if any. But, as posted earlier in another thread, a couple of years ago coming back from a convention and was able to pick up WCBS on I--4 & I--95. Tried pick up Zoomer Radio out of Canada [AM740] but there was a local station that about blew me out of the vehicle when I tuned in.
 
Yabadabado1 said:
Back in the stone ages, when I lived in Florida, the only NE Ohio station I could pick up pretty decent was WWWE now [or I should say once again,] WTAM. The other 50,000 watt--ers, nary a sign of and I don't remember if it was because of local stations being nearby the frequency or if it was Cuban stations jamming the frequency. Being halfway down on the Gulf coast it was fairly easy to pick up WWL out of New Orleans & WBAP out of Texas and what I assumed were a few Mexican stations. I'm sure there were others but I can't remember the call letters. I'd sorta like to go back now and see what I can pick up DX--ing and I'd bet it'd be very few if any. But, as posted earlier in another thread, a couple of years ago coming back from a convention and was able to pick up WCBS on I--4 & I--95. Tried pick up Zoomer Radio out of Canada [AM740] but there was a local station that about blew me out of the vehicle when I tuned in.
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Orlando? Ya.. some sprots station on 740. Gone are the days when you could.. or need to pick up an AM 1000 miles away, for some signals/people.

and i say this as a Dxer of more than 25 years
 
SomeRadioGuy said:
Orlando? Ya.. some sprots station on 740. Gone are the days when you could.. or need to pick up an AM 1000 miles away, for some signals/people.

and i say this as a Dxer of more than 25 years
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The only other 50,000 watter from Cleveland would have been 1220. In the 1990s I would occasionally pick it up in NYC (as WKNR), but WTAM was always the easiest and most listenable catch.
 
RadioFixerCLE said:
The only other 50,000 watter from Cleveland would have been 1220. In the 1990s I would occasionally pick it up in NYC (as WKNR), but WTAM was always the easiest and most listenable catch.
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The 740 hes referring to is in Florida
 
MarkW said:
There's only so much ad dollars to be had in Canton. iHM tried for years to market Rock 106.9 to Akron to no avail. It earns very crappy ratings in Akron.

The HD2 signal you mentioned is actually the 99.7 translator.

Akron's WQMX likely pulls strong shares in Canton, but because they're a non-subscriber, we cannot see that.
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Rubber City doesn't need to subscribe in Canton. They have the dominant country signal in WQMX (which is still live/local 24/7), the heritage rocker in WONE, and WAKR with their soft AC/sports hybrid. In Akron, they are the classic big fish in a small pond.

WRQK exists to peel away WONE listeners, it's a relatively safe and long-established format (since the mid-80s!) and rates well in their home market. No need to change it.
 
RadioFixerCLE said:
The only other 50,000 watter from Cleveland would have been 1220. In the 1990s I would occasionally pick it up in NYC (as WKNR), but WTAM was always the easiest and most listenable catch.
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Probably for the DX board but......It doesn't even need to be a 50,000 watter to pick up from far away. I was bumbling around the AM dial tonight and picked up WPTX, [on 1690] a 1000 watt nightime signal from Lexington Park, MD. Here's the nightime pattern: WPTX-AM Radio Station Coverage Map
I can remember lonnnnnng ago driving home from TN and picking up WMMS from Cleveland in the middle of WV going over a mountain top.
 
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